FORT FRANCES—The Ontario Municipal Board will hold a hearing here Friday morning of an application of objection to Abitibi-Consolidated’s proposal to separate the power dam from its mill here. The public is invited to attend the hearing, which will take place at 9 a.m. in Room C-150 at Confederation College. […]
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Fort Frances is being provided with an additional $1,389 in funding to help improve the quality of drinking water for residents, the province announced today. The extra money will go towards upgrades that are bringing the town’s water treatment plant into compliance with the Drinking Water Systems Regulation. The work […]
Dear editor: I’m writing about the problem we are having with the government in regards to beef that is inspected and uninspected. It was pointed out by another writer that wild meat, for some reason, seems to be exempt from inspection policies. We do not know what the deer, the […]
FORT FRANCES—Condemned meat which had been moved from Sunrise Meat and Sausage in Barwick to Rainy River First Nations earlier this month was “disposed” of on the weekend, Chief Jim Leonard indicated Tuesday. “We no longer have it and everyone is happy,” he replied when asked if the farmers who […]
To the editor: My name is Edith Jacqueline Agnes Aungiers Rawlins, born to Salvation Army parents in Halifax, N.S. two or three years before the Great Depression. My parents came from Glasgow and from Middlesboro, Yorkshire. I was with five siblings, in the Salvation Army, in Truro, where we learned […]
Back in late September, just as the municipal election campaign was getting underway, almost 57 percent of the 141 respondents to the Times’ weekly web poll said they supported the mail-in ballot system. But in the wake of all the rejected ballots and other problems encountered with the mail-in system […]
Dear editor: If you don’t think your donation of blood makes a difference, please read this. I recently have undergone treatment for cancer and felt that because I have been a blood donor for several years, it was my duty to inform the blood donor clinic of this in case […]
Dear sir: Last Wednesday night, we were thrilled to attend a great performance, “The Comeback King Show,” featuring Daylin James as “Elvis.” Hats off to the skate park committee for bringing in such an excellent performance. We are very fortunate to have the Townshend Theatre, which allows our community to […]
FORT FRANCES—District residents now will have another option when it comes to preparations of a lost loved one with Rainy River Cremation Services being available at Green Larsen Mortuary over in International Falls, Mn. Previously, if cremation was selected as the final means of disposition, the body would be sent […]
Members of the Emo Chamber of Commerce decided Monday night to go ahead with a parade during this year’s “Holly Daze” festivities (Dec. 1-2) for the first time in several years. But president Colleen Vennechenko stressed more floats are needed to make the Friday night event a success. “We want […]
Students at Donald Young School in Emo are beginning the start of the Christmas season by learning about giving and sharing with others less fortunate than themselves through two particular programs—filling Christmas shoeboxes and collecting money for World Vision. “I had done it a few years with different groups and […]
